LEGACY OF THE FIRST WOLF

The enemy

LUCIEN

“I’m not going to apologize for wanting to be at my mate’s side than come to a meeting that you both would have handled one way or the other.” Kael growled, glaring down at me.

“Can you both stop it? You’ve been at each other’s throat for an hour now and I am beginning to find reasons to leave.” Riven growled back from where he had been sitting without moving a muscle like the calculative son of a b***h he was. I glared at Kael, refusing to be the one to back out first, but he was clearly tired because he backed out quite quickly, making me cork my brow at him. That was unusual.

“I will rather we end this quickly so I can leave.”

“To your mate?” I smirked.

“Yes, to my mate, you asshole.” He growled, and Riven gave me a look. I sighed and stopped. I was just as agitated myself. Kael had left in the middle of the unification, leaving his responsibility to myself and Riven. We managed, but it had been one hell of a night. None of us have been able to speak to him since then. He found his mate. I wouldn’t say I was happy for him. We were neither friends nor brothers. Simply allies trying to make good use of our abilities and make the werewolf world a better place. To me, it was just one of those things that happens in people’s life that does not matter to me since it isn’t my life.

“I don’t care if she is your mate or your father or mother. When you have a responsibility and people are counting on you, that should be your priority.” I stated simply. I also found my mate that night. But you don’t see me running off after that green eye goddess. I shook my head. I have tried my best to not allow the bond make me form an attachment or an attraction to her. I only saw her once, for a brief moment, before she dashed off. But till I knew more about her, I wasn’t going to lose my head or game like someone else.

I sighed, needing to get my head straight. Before I turned to Riven, who was back to watching, quietly.

“The unification was a success.” I began bringing us back to topic.

“But not everyone is happy about that. The elders for one and the rumors of rogue wolves forming an occult are beginning to spread beyond the borders. I think we should be paying attention to that very quickly and squash whatever will harm this peace we have before it grows.”

“They were there, at the unification.” Riven entered, and I stiffened.

“What?”

“How did they get in? And why am I just hearing about this now?” I snapped.

“You’ve been busy yelling at Kael.” He said coolly and I glared at him.

“But I don’t think they were there for just us. I think they were there for someone else.”

I waited, but he never said who and if he wasn’t talking, I guessed it was something he didn’t want to share or it was not as important or it was too important. It was hard to tell with him.

“How do we deal with them?” I asked instead, turning my attention to Kael, who was more focused on his phone than anything else.

“No need, he killed them.” Riven answered, nodding towards the other alpha. With our gaze on him, he suddenly looked up.

“What?” He looked a little confused. Almost like he hadn’t been listening. I growled.

“Are you f*****g kidding me?”

“You killed the rogues.” Riven explained, not minding his lack of attention.

“Me? I didn’t kill…” his eyes narrowed.

“They were after my mate.” He jolted up on his feet. My eyes narrowed and suspicion blossomed.

“They were rogues.”

“Why will they be after your mate?” I asked, and his eyes hardened. He knew what I was thinking, and it was pissing him off. He was about to blow his top, but Riven’s cell beeped and he pulled it up. And almost immediately, his tightly held aura slipped, slamming into me with such ferocity, my wolf reacted, slamming right back.

“There is a problem.” He turned to me, pulling back his aura so coolly, it was hard to tell if he had panicked before or not.

“What is it?” my phone beeped, and I picked it up to find a message from my beta that said urgent and a link. I clicked, and was taken to an i********: page. The old Caelmont stood alive in someone’s post. I jumped up, my heart skipping too fast, and immediately checked the profile. Air left my system at the sight of those familiar eyes and my wolf went mad instantly. I closed my fist, holding him back, and shut my eyes for what I thought would be forever. When I finally open my eyes, Kael and Riven were staring at me.

“I will sort it out.” I simply said and walked away.

“You have everything sorted out, I’m leaving.” I heard Kael saying and resisted the urge to turn back around.

“Take them down.” I texted my beta. That was going to be hard. She already had ten million views. I was sure even if we take it down, most of it had already been saved, forwarded, copied. f**k.

“What do you have on her?” I asked my beta. It was one of the assignment I had assigned to him after seeing her. It had been three days, and it wasn’t a priority to know her. If I was being honest, I didn’t want to either. But it was a whole new thing right now. He sent me a file the moment I got into my car and I went through it. The more I read, the more my wolf raised his ugly head till he was going to sprout out of my skin. I pushed him back with a lot more restraint, but it wasn’t good enough, because my anger was getting in the mix of his desire to see our mate.

I closed my eyes after the read, pushing myself to calm down as much as I could. Then I examined all I knew about her. She had smelt like a wolf. A little different, a little strange, but she had smelt like a wolf. And only wolves could find their way to the old Caelmont. It was a blood thing, humans always got lost, but the fog gave way to her. However, she had lived as a human, with human parents and siblings. And the only reason she was in this town was because she was mythology grad student, working on her thesis. She was also a freelance content creator who was obsessed with myths and her fascinations had been a lot of things, but wolves in particular. Which had brought her to Caelmont, and now she had revealed our existence to the whole world. All this I call bullshit on. I had to get to her.

My wolf growled, realizing my plans. I ignored the pain that came with his snarling, but texted my beta instead.

“Where is she right now?”

“Ellen’s diner.” His answer came promptly.

“Text Ellen. Ask her to leave the house now and meet me there.”

My wolf protested, assaulting me with his pain and anger, that resulted in my pain and anger. But it didn’t matter. I wasn’t going to have a mate that would ruin all I have worked for and put the whole of the werewolf race in danger. If I had to kill her myself, I would.

I arrived at Ellen’s diner when she was only stepping out. She looked nervous and worried. If only she knew the stranger in her diner was an enemy. My heart stilled when I caught sight of her limping over to a sit with a phone in her hands. And her scent assaulted me. I could taste it, the air and the earth. I could smell the bark of a tree and the fresh smell of morning and dew. I could smell rain and nature. Then nothing. And it settled in my gut. Somewhere deep down that I was sure I could never get rid of. Being this close to her made my wolf erratic, and it made my heart race a little faster. She was beautiful. Definitely my kind of woman. Even more so. With long wavy black hair and a fair skin that reminded me of snow and white chocolate. I shut my eyes, blinking away the sudden image to lick her from my mind. But she never really left my mind. Not her long slender neck, nor her nose and love shaped lips. Too bad she was not a true wolf, too bad she was just another ordinary wolf. An enemy at that.

She would never be mine, and I would never be hers.